Y&R's Thom Bierdz releas tell-all sex memoir Young, Gay & Rtls | The Young and the Rtls on Soap Central

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Rememberg Adam Newman's fotten gay storyle on The Young and the Rtls that led to an emotnal moment wh Victor Newman. Should be revised?

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YOUNG & RTLS’ CHRISTIAN JUL LEBLANC UNPACKS THE BAGGAGE OF HOMOPHOBIA: ‘I STILL LIVE WH THE LEGACY OF THAT AS A GAY MAN’

In the latt edn of Mrice Benard's State of Md, Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Young and Rtls) out as gay. Way to go! * gay couple on young and the restless *

Young & Rtls’ Christian Jul LeBlanc Unpacks the Baggage of Homophobia: ‘I Still Live Wh the Legacy of That as a Gay Man’. Hell, “not till after Stonewall did anyone take a gay man ser. “I still live wh the legacy of that as a gay man, ” he add.

Sadly, ’s worth notg that Mariah and Tsa are currently the only gay or lbian uple to be promently featured on any of the daytime soaps. The Young and the Rtls fans are wonrg if Camryn Grim is gay real life. “Not gay, but if I was I WOULD SHOUT IT FROM THE F**KING ROOFTOPS.

THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS: IS CAMRYN GRIM GAY REAL LIFE?

Camryn Grim plays Mariah Copeland, a gay woman on The Young and the Rtls and now, people are askg if Camryn is gay real life. * gay couple on young and the restless *

Not gay, but if I was.

Camryn Grim is not gay real life, but she is proud to play a gay woman on televisn. The problem, however, is that until Fen walked wh Plot Pot Trey (no last name need), we hadn’t a clue that Lren and Michael’s son was gay (or bi). 10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars Who Are Out — & Outstandg.

10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG

Young & Rtls fans were left wonrg "When did Fen e out as gay and who is his boyiend?" Why the story is a problem. * gay couple on young and the restless *

Some of the actors and actrs playg the inic rol were straight, some were out and gay at the time, and others me out later on. The first Pri March New York Cy was held on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Uprisg, to honor the thoands of LGBTQ+ people who took to the streets to monstrate agast the discrimatn they faced hog and employment, the anti-homosexual laws agast gatherg bars or dance clubs, to even be out as a homosexual.

The ncept behd the ial march me om members of the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns who had been anizg an annual July 4th monstratn known as the Remr Day Pickets, at Inpennce Hall Philalphia, between 1965 and 1969. Young and Rtls’ Gay Adam Storyle That’s Been Completely and Totally Swept Unr the Rug. Instead, Victor showed his son rare passn and acceptance for beg gay.

YOUNG AND RTLS’ GAY ADAM STORYLE THAT’S BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SWEPT UNR THE RUG

10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars * gay couple on young and the restless *

To throw him off the trail, Adam told Rafe, who was gay, that he had feelgs for him, and was implied they had a sexual relatnship, though wasn’t shown on screen. She, of urse, told Victor his son was gay, which led Victor to nont his son. Yet, Victor needn’t have bothered bee once Adam and Rafe were done, Adam beg gay or bi was never mentned aga, but should have been?

OUT ACTOR GREG RIKAART LET GO FROM "YOUNG AND THE RTLS" AFTER 14 YEARS "I AM SAD TO LEAVE A PLACE I HOLD SO AR."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY CODY GOHLMAY 5, 2017/10:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAGBURBANK, CA - APRIL 26: GREG RIKAART ATTENDS THE 42ND ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS AT WARNER BROS. STUDS ON APRIL 26, 2015 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. 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"WE BOTH FOUND LOVE, BOTH BEME DADS AND WE BOTH HAVE MORE GRAY HAIR NOW THAN WE DID 2003."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE 2015 DAYTIME EMMYS, RIKAART TALKED TO GAY STAR NEWS ABOUT HOW HE HOPED PRODUCERS WOULD MAKE HIS TV CHARACTER E OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK WOULD BE A SUPER TERTG STORY TO TELL," HE SAID AT THE TIME. "I THK WOULD BE MORE SOCIALLY RPONSIBLE THAN JT BRGG ON A GAY CHARACTER–TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THE NVAS THAT THE DIENCE KNOWS AND THKS OF AS FAY AND TAK THAT [G OUT] JOURNEY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DIDN'T END UP HAPPENG AS KEV WOULD GO ON TO FATHER A DGHTER WH HIS ON-AGA/OFF-AGA WIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFF-SCREEN HOWEVER, RIKAART HAS NTUED TO THRIVE SCE OPENG UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME PARTNER WRER ROB SUDDUTH AND THE PAIR BEME PARENTS LAST YEAR ON JUNE 12, THE SAME DAY AS THE HORRIFIC MASSACRE AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE FIGHT HATE, FEAR, BIGOTRY, HOMOPHOBIA AND JTICE THE WORLD WH LOVE, TELLECT AND ENLIGHTENMENT," THE UPLE SHARED ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOWG THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, MONTGOMERY ARGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE TT AND MOST PURE FNS OF THE LATTER WORDS, IS WH FULL HEARTS THAT ROB AND I TAKE GREAT PRI TRODUCG OUR SON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPARENTLY, KEV FISHER ISN'T GOG TO BE KILLED OFF, WHICH MEANS PRODUCERS ARE POTENTIALLY LEAVG THE DOOR OPEN FOR A RETURN OF THE CHARACTER AT SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE MOMENT IS UNCLEAR WHAT LI AHEAD FOR KEV AND I, AS WE WILL BE SAYG GOODBYE TO GENOA CY FOR A WHILE," THE ACTOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM SAD TO LEAVE A PLACE I HOLD SO AR," BUT ADD THAT HE WAS "EXCED" TO SEE WHAT LI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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Openly gay actor Greg Rikaart has been axed om the CBS soap opera The Young and the Rtls after portrayg reformed perp Kev Fisher on the program for 14 years. Rikaart, who me out publicly as gay 2013, has been a fan favore sce he joed the st 2003 and even won a Daytime Emmy for his work 40-year-old actor rpond to news of his firg on Instagram, where he reflected on the role and his time on the show.

"At the 2015 Daytime Emmys, Rikaart talked to Gay Star News about how he hoped producers would make his TV character e out as gay.

"I thk would be more socially rponsible than jt brgg on a gay character–to have someone on the nvas that the dience knows and thks of as fay and tak that [g out] journey. "We fight hate, fear, bigotry, homophobia and jtice the world wh love, tellect and enlightenment, " the uple shared on Instagram followg the birth of their son, Montgomery Argo Rikaart-Sudduth.

Y&R'S THOM BIERDZ RELEAS TELL-ALL SEX MEMOIR YOUNG, GAY & RTLS

The relatnship between Mariah and Tsa isn't the first female same-sex pairg on a soap opera; All My Children ma history December 2000 when Bian Montgomery (En Riegel) told her mother, Pe Valley matriarch Eri Kane (San Lucci), that she was gay and had been datg a woman (Elisabeth Harnois as Sarah Livgston). On As the World Turns 2007, Le Snyr (Van Hansis) and Noah Mayer (Jake Silbermann), beme the first teen same-sex uple and first gay male kiss Amerin soap opera history; Guidg Light brought together Olivia Spencer (Crystal Chappell) and Natalia Rivera (Jsi Leccia) 2008; and The Bold and the Betiful revealed 2015 that Maya Avant (Karla Mosley), who was a relatnship wh a cisgenr man, was a transgenr woman, makg her the first regular transgenr character the history of Amerin daytime televisn.

The Young and the Rtls brought a gay character on the nvas back 2009, when Yani Gellman played the show's first LGBTQ character, attorney Rafe Torr. In 2015, The Young and the Rtls actor Greg Rikaart, who plays Kev Fisher, exprsed that he would like to see Kev a gay relatnship on the soap. Rikaart went on to portray a gay character, Leo Stark, on Days of our Liv om 2018 to March of this year, returng to The Young and the Rtls earlier this summer as still-straight Kev.

On the September 13 episo, Tsa refers to herself as gay -- and not that she and Mariah are a mted relatnship. Tled Young, Gay & Rtls: My Sndalo On-Screen and Off-Screen Sexual Liberatns, the sexually explic (yet humoro) book unveils every one of the Wisns native's rnal adventur.

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